Years 3 - 6 programs

Years 3 - 4 Indoor programs

Choose one option from the two indoor programs below.  Both programs include time in our aquarium and classroom.  Please let our bookings officer know if you have a special requirements or emphasis as our staff can incorporate it into the program.

That’s a bit like me!

Dive in

Students will explore, identify and compare organisms from a marine and a freshwater habitat while also identifying the non-living components.  They will then discuss the common features of the organisms and create groups based on observable features.

Sessions are 45 mins classroom, 45 mins in the aquarium.

Students will discuss and be involved in activities that focus on features of organisms represented in our classroom.  Choose this session if you have a special requirements or emphasis as our staff can incorporate it into the program.

Sessions are 45 mins classroom, 45 mins in the aquarium.

Aquarium session (in both programs) includes:

  • meeting live animals typically found in Victorian waters (marine and freshwater)
  • a visit to the touch tank to learn about, look at and touch some organisms common along the Victorian coast

Years 3 - 4 Outdoor programs

Choose one option from the four outdoor programs below, some may be tide dependent so we may not be able to book your preferred time and date.  All field programs include time in the Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre aquarium.

Rockpool ramble at Point Lonsdale

Swan Bay seagrass meadows Queenscliff

In with the tide - beachcomb along Queenscliff beach

Marine Biology cruise, departing from Queenscliff Harbour

Students will be led by an education officer on a discovery of the chosen habitat. The session includes discussion of personal safety, Marine National Parks, what lives here, identification of different organisms, their features and adaptations, human impacts and why this place is significant to the Wadawurrung people.

All sessions are 1 hr in the field, 30 mins in the aquarium, except for the Marine Discovery Cruise which is  2 hours in the field, 30 mins in the aquarium.

Costs for year 3 and 4 activities

YEARS 3 and 4

   

Activity

Activity Time

Price
(includes GST)

Cost per additional student

That’s a bit like me?

OR

Dive IN!


(Sessions are 45 mins in the classroom; 45 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$240.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator)

$12

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Rockpool Pool Ramble at Pt  Lonsdale

OR

In with the tide - Beachcomb along Queenscliff Beach

OR

Swan Bay seagrass meadows

(Sessions are 1 hr in the field; 30 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$240.00

(for up to & including
20 students.

One MFDC educator)

$12

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Activity

Activity Time

Price
(includes GST)

Cost per additional student

Marine Biology Cruise : Marine life in
Port Phillip Bay
(Session is 2 hours on the boat and 30 minutes in the centre)

2 hours 30 mins

$780.00
(One MFDC educator)

Flat rate for groups of
up to 27 participants

 

Beachcomb Extravaganza (Session is 1 hr in the field; 1 hr in the aquarium/classroom)

(NOTE: ideal for very large groups of students

2 hours

$300.00 (for up to & including
20 students.
One MFDC educator)

$15(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

Years 5 - 6 Indoor programs

Choose one option from the two indoor programs offered below. Both programs include time in our aquarium and classroom.  Please let our bookings officer know if you have a special requirements or emphasis as our staff can incorporate it into the program.

Living in water

Dive in

Students will explore our classroom and investigate a range of structural adaptations that enable organisms to live in water.  Using this information, they will redesign themselves to enable living in water.

Sessions are 45 mins classroom, 45 mins in the aquarium.

Students will discuss and be involved in activities that focus on features of organisms represented in our classroom. Choose this session if you have a special requirements or emphasis as our staff can incorporate it into the program.

Sessions are 45 mins classroom, 45 mins in the aquarium.

Aquarium session (part of all programs) includes:

  • meeting live animals typically found in Victorian waters (marine and freshwater)
  • a visit to the touch tank to learn about, look at and touch some organisms common along the Victorian coast

Years  5 - 6 Outdoor programs

Choose one option from the five outdoor programs below, some may be tide dependent so we may not be able to book your preferred time and date.  All field programs include time in the Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre aquarium.

Rockpool ramble at Point Lonsdale

In with the tide- beachcomb along Queenscliff beach

Swan Bay seagrass meadows 

Life in a Point Lonsdale freshwater wetland

Marine Biology cruise, departing from Queenscliff Harbour

Students will be led by an education officer on a discovery of the chosen habitat. The session includes discussion of personal safety, Marine National Parks, what lives here, identification of different organisms, their features and adaptations, human impacts and why this place is significant to the Wadawurrung people.

All sessions are 1 hr in the field, 30 mins in the aquarium, except for the Marine Discovery Cruise which is  2 hours in the field, 30 mins in the aquarium.

Costs for year 5 and 6 activities

YEARS 5 and 6

    

Activity

Activity Time

Price(includes GST)

Cost per additional student

Living in water.

OR

Dive IN!
(Sessions are 45 mins in the classroom; 45 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$240.00 

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator)

$12

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

 

Rockpool Pool Ramble at Pt  Lonsdale

OR

In with the tide - Beachcomb along Queenscliff beach

OR

Swan Bay seagrass meadows

OR

Life in a Pt Lonsdale Freshwater Wetland 
(Sessions are 1 hr in the field; 30 mins in the aquarium)

1 hour 30 mins

$240.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator)

$12

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

 
     

Prep to YEAR 6

    

Beachcomb Extravaganza (Session is 1 hr in the field; 1 hr in the aquarium/classroom)

(NOTE: ideal for very large groups of students

2 hours

$300.00

(for up to & including
20 students
.
One MFDC educator)

$15

(for each additional student up to a maximum of
30 students total)

 

Activity

Activity Time

Price
(includes GST)

Cost per additional student

Marine Biology Cruise : Marine life in
Port Phillip Bay


(Session is 2 hours on the boat and 30 minutes in the centre)

2 hours 30 mins

$780.00
(One MFDC educator)

Flat rate for groups of
up to 27 participants